"Goans: Location: India (Goa state) "; "Goa's population is estimated to be just over 1.3 million persons (the 1991 census reported a population of 1.2 million). "; "Goans are mostly Hindu (about 62% of the population) and Christian (34%)... "

"The 1991 census reported Gujarat's population as 41.2 million persons. Assuming population growth rates similar to those of the 1981-1991 decade, the current population is estimated to be just over 48 million. " Pg. 232: "Gujaratis are overwhelmingly Hindu; about 90% of the population follows Hinduism. "

"The 1991 census reported Gujarat's population as 41.2 million persons. Assuming population growth rates similar to those of the 1981-1991 decade, the current population is estimated to be just over 48 million. " Pg. 232: "Gujaratis are overwhelmingly Hindu; about 90% of the population follows Hinduism. "

"The 1991 census reported Gujarat's population as 41.2 million persons. Assuming population growth rates similar to those of the 1981-1991 decade, the current population is estimated to be just over 48 million. " Pg. 232: "Muslims make up some 8% of Gujarat's population. Sunnis predominate, althoguh the Khoja and Bohra form a significant Shiite minority. "

"The 1991 census reported Gujarat's population as 41.2 million persons. Assuming population growth rates similar to those of the 1981-1991 decade, the current population is estimated to be just over 48 million. " Pg. 232: "Muslims make up some 8% of Gujarat's population. "

Jainism

India: Gujarat

-

1.00%

-

-

1984

Folkert, Kendall W. "Jainism " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991) [reprint; 1st published in 1984], pg. 261.

Figure 7.1: Distributions of the Jain population (in India) by number and as percentage of state population. [Gujarat: pop. figure: "250,000 to 500,000 " percentage: "<1% "]

Chapter on Gujaratis, and the Indian state of Gujarat: "Jains, although comparatively few in number, have played a major role in the shaping of Gujarati culture. They are mainly of the Svetambara... sect of the religion. Girnar and Satrunjaya Hill, near Palitana, are major centers of Jain pilgrimage. "

In 1992, there were only 90 known churches, so at least 150 new churches have been added in the meantime, 130 of which were planted in the last 3 years. There are 46 different Christian groups in the state

"Lingayats are distributed throughout Karnataka... Census returns in 1981 indicated that 10.31% of the state's population were Lingayats. Assuming this proportion has not changed much over the last decade and a half, the current number of Lingayats in Karnataka would exceed 5.2 million. "

"Lingayats: Alternate Names: Virashaivas; Location: India (Karnataka state); Population: 5.2 million (estimate); Language: Kannada; Religion: Lingayat "; "Lingayats are distributed throughout Karnataka, with their greatest concentrations in the northern regions. Census returns in 1981 indicated that 10.31% of the state's population were Lingayats. Assuming this proportion has not changed much over the last decade and a half, the current number of Lingayats in Karnataka would exceed 5.2 million... In the Lingayat heartland, as many as 67% of the people follow the religion. "; Pg. 446: "Lingayats do not label themselves as Hindu. Their beliefs have been drawn from Tamil Shaivism and other Indian sources, but they have evolved a uniquely Lingayat character. "

"Today Veera Shaivism is a vibrant faith, particularly strong in its religious homeland of Karnataka, South-Central India. Roughly forty million people live here, of which perhaps 25% are members of the Veera Shaiva religion. There is hardly a village in the state without a jangama and a matha (monastery). On the occasion of birth in a Lingayat family, the child is entered into the faith that same day by a visiting jangama, who bestows a small Sivalinga encased in a pendant tied to a thread. This same Linga is to be worn throughout life. "

"How many Lingayatas are in the USA, Canada, and India?... There are more than 20 million Lingayatas constituting about 20% of the population of Karnataka. They are concentrated in Bijapur, Dharwar, Belgaum, Chitradurga, Shimoga, and Gulburga districts. "

"Although Brahmans are found throughout India and Nepal, they are not spread evenly over the subcontinent. Their highest concentration is in Kashmir, where they form 35% of the Hindu population. "

Hinduism

India: Kashmir

-

15.00%

-

-

1941

*LINK* "News In Brief " in Hinduism Today International (Dec. 1993); original source: Jammu and Kashmir National Front-International (Denmark).

Kashmir's Hindu population is nearly gone. While comprising 15% of the population in 1941, Hindus constituted only 0.1% in 1991 according to a report from the Jammu and Kashmir National Front-International, based in Denmark.

Hinduism

India: Kashmir

-

0.10%

-

-

1991

*LINK* "News In Brief " in Hinduism Today International (Dec. 1993); original source: Jammu and Kashmir National Front-International (Denmark).

Kashmir's Hindu population is nearly gone. While comprising 15% of the population in 1941, Hindus constituted only 0.1% in 1991 according to a report from the Jammu and Kashmir National Front-International, based in Denmark.

"Shaivism, or Shivaism; one of the three major devotional movements in modern-day Hinduism. The other two are Vaishnavism and Shaktism. Shaivas view Shiva as the supreme being... Shaivism in South India is called Shaiva-Siddhanta; Shaivism in Kashmir is called Pratyabhijna. "

*LINK* Web site: "Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission "; web page: "Church History " (viewed 23 July 1999). "Note: The figures given above are approximate, worked out from various sources. The exact numbers are not readily available. "

*LINK* Web site: "Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission "; web page: "Church History " (viewed 23 July 1999). "Note: The figures given above are approximate, worked out from various sources. The exact numbers are not readily available. "

*LINK* Web site: "Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission "; web page: "Church History " (viewed 23 July 1999). "Note: The figures given above are approximate, worked out from various sources. The exact numbers are not readily available. "

"Syrian Christians in Kerala are currently estimated to number around 5.6 million people. When this figure is added to the roughly 400,000 Christians who belong to non-Syrian Christian churches, the total number of Christians in Kerala rises to 6 million people. This represents about 20% of the state's population and is nearly 30% of the total Christian population of India. It is by far the largest concentration of Chrisians found in the Indian subcontinent. "

Christianity

India: Kerala

7,000,000

20.00%

-

-

1999

*LINK* Ecumenical News International. "Religion around the world ", title of subsection: "CHRISTIANS IN INDIA FAST FOR REDUCTION IN ALCOHOL USE " in Desert News, Saturday, March 20, 1999 (viewed online 14 May 1999).

"Kerala, with 7 million Christians -- about 20% of the state's 35 million citizens -- has the biggest Christian community of India's 27 states. It also has the highest alcohol consumption in the country -- on average 8.3 liters per head every year, according to anti-alcohol campaigners. "

Christianity

India: Kerala

8,619,000

-

-

-

1999

*LINK* Web site: "Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission "; web page: "Church History " (viewed 23 July 1999). "Note: The figures given above are approximate, worked out from various sources. The exact numbers are not readily available. "

"Syrian Christians in Kerala are currently estimated to number around 5.6 million people. When this figure is added to the roughly 400,000 Christians who belong to non-Syrian Christian churches, the total number of Christians in Kerala rises to 6 million people. This represents about 20% of the state's population and is nearly 30% of the total Christian population of India. It is by far the largest concentration of Chrisians found in the Indian subcontinent. "

Church of South India

India: Kerala

700,000

-

-

-

1999

*LINK* Web site: "Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission "; web page: "Church History " (viewed 23 July 1999). "Note: The figures given above are approximate, worked out from various sources. The exact numbers are not readily available. "

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